Note 69 — Chapter XXI · GATES SENT TO PHILADELPHIA WITH THE CANADA DESPATCHES—PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF MAJOR-GENERAL—WASHINGTON SUMMONED TO PHILADELPHIA—PUTNAM LEFT IN COMMAND—CONFERENCE WITH CONGRESS—ARMY ARRANGEMENTS—A BOARD OF WAR INSTITUTED—THE CLINTONS OF NEW YORK—MRS. WASHINGTON INOCULATED—REED MADE ADJUTANT-GENERAL.
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The following statement of the batteries at New York, we find dated May 22d.
The Grand Battery, on the south part of the town.
Fort George, immediately above it.
White Hall Battery, on the left of the Grand Battery.
Oyster Battery, behind General Washington’s head-quarters.
Grenadier Battery, near the Brew House on the North River.
Jersey Battery, on the left of the Grenadier Battery.
Bayard’s Hill Redoubt, on Bayard’s Hill.
Spencer’s Redoubt, on the hill where his brigade is encamped.
Waterbury’s Battery (fascines), on a wharf below this hill.
Badlam’s Redoubt, on a hill near the Jews’ burying ground.